Cheveley planning policy

13th April 2016

Cheveley is a medium sized linear village located four miles south-east of Newmarket and close to the villages of Ashley and Saxon Street. The central part of Cheveley has been designated a Conservation Area and contains an early 14th Century church and a number of thatched cottages. The community of Cheveley Park and part of the fringe of Newmarket is considered to form part of Cheveley parish, although they are separate settlements. Cheveley has a good range of local services including a church, post office, village store, public house, primary school, community room (within the school) and recreation ground and sports pavilion. There is a regular bus service to Newmarket.

Cheveley is a thriving local community, with a number of distinct features. Policy 1 aims to preserve and enhance those special qualities.

Policy 1 for Cheveley: Local Character

It is important that Cheveley remains as a linear village within the bounds of its development envelope. We expect Cheveley to continue to grow at a slow rate, details of which are in policy 3.

Build development should respect the local character of the village with any new housing being sympathetic to the rest of the village e.g building materials, flint and brick walls, mainly two storey houses or bungalows with landscaped areas and not over densely sited. Cheveley is a very green village with many mature trees therefore this character should be maintained.

Protection of Cheveley’s open spaces is important as is the protection of the conservation area of the village which contains a number of listed buildings including the Grade I listed church.

For Cheveley a number of infrastructure items have been identified, by the local community in our current Community Plan. The following policy captures those items which are considered important and deliverable, and which any development in Cheveley should contribute towards.

Policy 2 for Cheveley: Infrastructure and Community Facilities

Development in Cheveley is expected to contribute towards the following identified infrastructure and community facilities priorities

Traffic calming/highway improvements

Improvement to the community room/a community centre

Iprovements to pedestrian/cycle routes

Improvements to the pavilion and recreation ground

Need for more school places

Improvements to public transport services

In Cheveley two sites for development have been identified with permission for a total of 16 properties, a third site has also been suggested which in the future could house 15-20 properties (estimate).